Grateful Dead Live at San Antonio Civic Auditorium on 1972-11-26
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- Publication date
- 1972-11-26 ( check for other copies)
- Topics
- SBD, droncit, Dan McDonald
- Collection
- GratefulDead
- Band/Artist
- Grateful Dead
- Resource
- DeadLists Project
- Item Size
- 914.8M
101 - Promised Land
102 - Deal
103 - Mexicali Blues
104 - Sugaree
105 - Black Throated Wind *
106 - Bird Song
107 - Beat It on Down the Line
108 - China Cat Sunflower ->
109 - I Know You Rider
110 - Box of Rain
111 - El Paso
112 - Big Railroad Blues
113 - Around & Around
114 - Casey Jones
--Set 2--
201 - Playing in the Band
202 - Brown Eyed Women
203 - Jack Straw
204 - Don't Ease Me In
205 - Big River
206 - Dark Star ->
207 - Me & Bobby McGee
208 - Brokedown Palace
209 - Sugar Magnolia **->
210 - Sunshine Daydream
211 - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
212 - One More Saturday Night
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Versions - Different performances of the song by the same artist
Compilations - Other albums which feature this performance of the song
Covers - Performances of a song with the same name by different artists
Song Title | Versions | Compilations | Covers |
---|---|---|---|
Promised Land | |||
Deal | |||
Mexicali Blues | |||
Sugaree | |||
Black Throated Wind | |||
Bird Song | |||
Beat It on Down the Line | |||
China Cat Sunflower -> | |||
I Know You Rider | |||
Box of Rain | |||
El Paso | |||
Big Railroad Blues | |||
Around & Around | |||
Casey Jones | |||
Playing in the Band | |||
Brown Eyed Women | |||
Jack Straw | |||
Don't Ease Me In | |||
Big River | |||
Dark Star -> | |||
Me & Bobby McGee | |||
Brokedown Palace | |||
Sugar Magnolia | |||
Sunshine Daydream | |||
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad | |||
One More Saturday Night |
Notes
*very small cut at the beginning
**La Cucaracha opening
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The circulating sources are generally very hissy with very little high frequency material and Very little audience
sound as well. So the recording is pretty dead-sounding. According to David Lemieux the only version of this show
in the vault is a cassette, so the lineages of the original ShnIDs listing the orginal source as a master reel is
most likely incorrect.
The show sounds like it was recorded on a cassette player with a dirty record head and using Automatic Level Control.
There is a lot of hiss and mechanical noise throughout. Most of it is gone now, but it's still noticeable.
Playing in the Band probably has the worst mechanical noise during the quiet parts. That's the ALC doing its thing.
For this version:
1. No more cut in Dark Star at "reason tatters" or splice to a different source at 20:00;
no cut in Bobby McGee (I used different versions to get pieces that had no problems).
I cut approximately 2 seconds out of the space at 14:14 because it didn't seem correct. I think there's a
fade out just before that, but I didn't change that, in case I have it wrong.
2. Noisey and clickey pot adjustment in Bird Song was altered by converting to mono (right channel spread across
both channels). Someone had overcompensated using the noisey pot, down to almost nothing on the left channel
for about half a second. I don't think it's noticeable now. There is still one pot click just before the
spot I adjusted, but it was difficult to fix so I left it alone.
3. Too many level and sound modifications and adjustments throughout the show to list.
4. There is a lot going on in this show. You will probably have to adjust each stereo you play it on to get the
best sound. You may have to adjust it differently for the first and second sets.
5. Still not great sound, but the best I can do right now unless someone would like to give me access to the
cassette masters and I could do a flat transfer.
Thanks to: Gary Field, Germain, Dusborne, Frazer, Arfarf, Freak and the people who put the other sources out:
Paul Bottiglio, J. Cotsman, and Scott Z.
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B. Proctor 3/26/2014
- Addeddate
- 2014-04-06 02:27:17
- Identifier
- gd1972-11-26.127478.sbd.restore.droncit.flac16
- Lineage
- This is a restored version of SHNID 9248 combined with SHNID 123022 to produce the full show
- Location
- San Antonio, TX
- Run time
- 174:02.30
- Source
- SBD
- Transferred by
- Dan McDonald
- Type
- sound
- Year
- 1972
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Reviews
Subject: Maelstom, Maestro !
Subject: I can't stop for nothing..
BUT use the other source COTSMAN
to go from Jack Straw to the end of the show
at least once to glimpse the possibilities of this show being restored to its full glory.
This seems to resolve some of the muffled issues before Jack Straw but not all of them.
Bird Song beyond 10 minutes of psycedelic exploration.
There is a Box of Rain at the end of the RIDER starts at Track # 9 @ 5:17 = BOX
then Track #10 = BOX
Weir really tears into Around, Around..(Great version)
Playing in the Band is super cool.
Great that it opens Second Set.
(Very listenable yet how do i get the cotton balls
out of my ears syndrome at times)
3 for sound/ 5 for performance
Subject: cool show
Subject: have to admit it's getting better
There's a great jazzy Playin' with Keith all over the keys to begin the second set and a very fine Dark Star with a tasteful Phil solo and minimum darkness.
This is a stand alone GDTRFB without any Bid You Goodnite outro. It's a barn burner and arguably the high point of a great show (did I mention this is a great show? ... yes, I see that I did several times already!).
The sound quality is not excellent, due to the noise/level reduction artefacts commented upon in the Notes. But it's perfectly listenable. Give it a whirl and look forward to the unearthing of the master tapes at some point.
Subject: Slamming Cleanup
Everything from the fall of 1972 is a priceless treasure as far as I am concerned. You upgraded the sound on this one DRAMATICALLY. What great work. Thank you.
I always thought this was a hot show, but the poor fidelity was always too much of a distraction to really want to play it except very occasionally.
The improved sound makes this one not just "turn the corner" but sprint around it. It now has a honored place in the shows from Fall of 72 that I play regularly, which happens to be pretty much the most honored place in my collection.
I hope you do get the master cassette because you are working wonders.
People -- Listen to this one. This show has exemplary versions of Dark Star and GDTRFB. Actually, the whole show is one giant 72 inferno.
Subject: such young Great Souls
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